71. In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in the bold in the sentence, Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Despite the highs and lows, life tends to average itself out.

• balance itself

• be unvarying

• show equal value

• show equal value

• On reconsidering

• reviewing leisurely

• moral grounds

• moral grounds

• responded to criticism angrily

• caused anger in many people

• stopped people criticizing someone

• stopped people criticizing someone

• rear

• tend

• train

• train

• empty

• annulled

• unavoidable

• unavoidable

• obtain

• influence friends

• make peace

• make peace

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.


Your remarks during the discussion added fuel to the fire.

• got others angry

• ignited the fireplace

• worsened matters

• worsened matters

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.

Why do you fight shy of me?

• fight with

• avoid

• embarrass

• embarrass

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.

They have latched on to tourism as a way of boosting the local economy

• promoted

• discovered

• exposed

• exposed

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/ Phrase.

When he asked me the way to the cafeteria. I told him to follow his nose.

• to find it by himself

• to ask someone else

• to follow me

• to follow me